We may often need to signal the thread to do some special task. Simple solution is to create events.
Definition from python docs:
threading.Event()
A factory function that returns a new event object. An event manages a flag that can be set to true with the set() method and reset to false with the clear() method. The wait() method blocks until...
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Saturday, 4 January 2014
Friday, 3 January 2014
Python - Signal handling and identifying stack frame
Signals are identified by integers and are defined in the operating system C headers. Python exposes the signals appropriate for the platform as symbols in the 'signal' module.
the signal module in python is used to install your own signal handlers. When the interpreter sees a signal, the signal handler associated with that signal is executed as soon as possible.
signal handler...